Posted by Reggie BoStar on August 10, 2013, at 18:16:50
In reply to If Levitra/Staxyn do nothing, then.... what?, posted by Reggie BoStar on August 9, 2013, at 18:19:51
Hello Everyone,
I have more info to add in my ED history, but I'm not sure it's relevant to the specific problem.Still... well, here goes.
About 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Peyronie's Disease. It's not really a "disease" per se, but a buildup of "plaque" in the penis that causes deformity. The onset can be gradual or fast, moderate or severe.
In my case, the onset was fast and the degree severe. In one week a sudden buildup of plaque rendered me so disfigured that intercourse would not have been possible.
Yet the problem with ED that I reported in my first post was already happening. The only reason I noticed the deformity was that I still experienced nocturnal erections - the non-sexual ones that occur for most males when they'e asleep.
Occasionally I wake up when such an erection is occurring, always because my bladder is full. By the time I walk the 6 or 7 steps to the john to do something about the bladder, the erection is gone.
Those are the only times I get erections. My urologist says this is proof that the "plumbing is working", at least biologically.
Great, another paradox. If the "plumbing works," why doesn't Levitra et al have any effect when I'm conscious? It makes no sense at all.
There is a surgical method to partially correct the deformity caused the the plaque. It's called the "Nesbit Procedure." I had the surgery two years ago. It did correct the deformity, but only for about 6 months. The Peyronie's disease still progressed after that, and now the deformity is worse than ever.
However I'm not sure this has anything to do with the ED, even though it is a gross deformity that would make intercourse impossible (even if I could get a conscious erection!). I still get nocturnal erections from time to time, always accompanied by a full bladder. Once again this is how I noticed that the deformity returned, in spades.
So the onset of Peyronie's happened to occur in the middle of the ED problem. Does it give some clue as to why Levitra et al don't work?
Summary:
1. Total ED - when I'm conscious - for over a decade. Still get nocturnal erections, usually when I have to empty my bladder.
2. Consistent usage of SSRIs, SNRIs, Wellbutrin, etc.
3. Normal Testosterone levels.
4. Levitra and Staxyn do nothing.
5. Onset of Peyronie's occured about 6 years into the decade of ED. Corrective surgery and continuing progression of Peyronie's have made no obvious difference one way or the other with the ED problem. Does that mean something in the context of this ED?
What a complicated, confounding, contradictory, stupid mess.
poster:Reggie BoStar
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